Letter, William Smith to Willie

Object/Artifact

Windham Textile and History Museum

Name/Title

Letter, William Smith to "Willie"

Entry/Object ID

2022.5.9

Description

Letter, from William Smith to "Willie," dated Sunday, July 26th, 1896. [Assume William Smith to his son, William C. Smith.] "Dear Willie. I heard the littel Baby Was Very Sick With Colarinfation [sic] the Children in Holyoke are dieing With Very fast here I hope your Baby Will Get all over it if any thing Should hapen to him let me Know and I Will go down on the first Train Mary Ann Wrote to me and told me he was Very Sick I pity your Wife I know What hard Worke She has to look after him and the little girls I am glad you did not go to Westfield Wat Wod you do if you two Children got Sick you Wod have no one to help you all your Frinds are in Willimatic times are very hard in Holyoke Mills are all Shuting don for two or three weeks at a time three three thead [thread?] Mill are only Working 5 days a Weake I would like to here from you Soon I want to Know the baby is geting along yours my respectfully Yours William Smith 179 High St Holyoke Mass"

Collection

Norton Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Smith, William

Date made

Jun 26, 1896

Time Period

19th Century

Place

City

Holyoke, MA

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Letter

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Correspondence

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

V-0228

Material

Paper

Location

Box

Documents: Norton Collection Boxes

Room

Dunham Hall Library Reading Room

* Untyped Location

Main Museum Building

Date

November 9, 2022

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Mary Noberta Smith Norton, Lake Compounce, Southington, CT.

Acquisition Method

Donation

Acquisition Date

2011

Created By

Eves, J.

Create Date

November 9, 2022

Updated By

Eves, J.

Update Date

November 10, 2022